Good quality WATER and healthy ENVIRONMENT, Fundamental rights

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1 7 Good quality WATER and healthy ENVIRONMENT, Fundamental rights Life, physical integrity, health, balanced foods and a healthy environment all are children and adolescents' rights. Public services are part of the State's social purpose and it should ensure that they are provided efficiently to all inhabitants. Access to safe water: aqueduct coverage Diseases related to water contamination cause death and malnutrition, especially in children under 5. Departments classified according to the proportion of municipalities with water coverage for over 75% of the population. Less than 25% of municipalities Between 25% and 5% of municipalities Between 5% and 75% of municipalities More than 75% of municipalities In these departments fewer than 25% of all municipalities report on the issue in their development plans for Source: Procuraduría General de la Nación, Unicef, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos y Departamento Nacional de Planeación. (26). Agua potable y ambiente sano en los planes de desarrollo municipales Datos válidos para los tres gráficos. 2

2 7 Good quality WATER and healthy ENVIRONMENT, Fundamental rights Water suitable for human consumption Departments classified according to the proportion of municipalities with water suitable for human consumption, for more than 75% of the Less than 25% of municipalities Between 25% and 5% of municipalities Between 5% and 75% of municipalities More than 75% of municipalities Less than 25% of the municipalities report on this theme in their municipal development plans for Sewer system coverage: Departments classified according to the proportion of municipalities with sewer system coverage for more than 75% of the population. Less than 25% of municipalities Between 25% and 5% of municipalities Between 5% and 75% of municipalities More than 75% of municipalities In these departments, less than 25% of the municipalities report on this theme in their development plans for

3 A considerable number of children and adolescents are maltreated, abused or are victims of diverse forms of violence: Abandoned Workers Displaced Victims of mine accidents Involved or used in illicit activities Involved in illegal armed groups Suicide rate for children under 18 Traffic-related mortality rate for children under In these situations specialized protection measures must be applied legal, educational or assistance-based oriented to giving support and special attention to the affected children and adolescents and restore their Accident-related mortality rate for children under Homicide rate for children under Children and adolescents that are victims of violent deaths in Colombia All kinds of violent deaths are avoidable and unacceptable, and despite their reduction in recent years, they still are quite frequent in Violence-related mortality rate (per 1, inhabitants under 18) 24BOYS Niños 25 Niñ BOYS 24 GIRLS Niñas 25GIRLS Niñas Source for the 4 indicators: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES. División de Referencia de Información Pericial. 22

4 Child and adolescent homicide victims VICHADA SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA Violence against children is unacceptable CORDOBA SUCRE BOYACA PUTUMAYO BOLIVAR MAGDALENA AMAZONAS NARIÑO CAQUETA CUNDINAMARCA TOLIMA CESAR QUINDIO ATLANTICO BOGOTA NORTE DE HUILA Photo: UNICEF / Anne Karine Brodeur TOTAL NACIONAL META CHOCO GUAVIARE ANTIOQUIA CAUCA LA GUAJIRA CALDAS CASANARE RISARALDA ARAUCA VALLE Homicide rate among children under 18, 25 (per 1, inhabitants under 18) Source: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES. División de Referencia de Información 23

5 Child and adolescent suicides Suicides rates among children and adolescents under 18, 25 (per 1, inhabitants under 18) BOYS GIRLS TOTAL NACIONAL TOTAL NACIONAL ANTIOQUIA AMAZONAS ARAUCA ATLANTICO BOGOTA A happy child with guaranteed rights loves life BOLIVAR.2 BOYACA 1..3 CALDAS.4.9 CAQUETA CASANARE 2.6 CAUCA.6 2. CESAR.8.4 CHOCO CORDOBA 1.9 CUNDINAMARCA LA GUAJIRA GUAINIA N.D. N.D. GUAVIARE HUILA MAGDALENA META Photo: D.R.A. NARIÑO NORTE DE PUTUMAYO 3.4 QUINDIO RISARALDA 1. SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA SUCRE.5 TOLIMA VALLE VAUPES VICHADA 1.8 N.D. 1. N.D. Source: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES. División de Referencia de Información Pericial. 24

6 Abused children and adolescents LA GUAJIRA PUTUMAYO CORDOBA BOLIVAR NARIÑO VICHADA CHOCO CESAR ATLANTICO CAUCA CAQUETA MAGDALENA CALDAS RISARALDA VALLE ANTIOQUIA HUILA NORTE DE TOTAL NACIONAL TOLIMA SUCRE GUAVIARE ARAUCA BOYACA CASANARE CUNDINAMARCA BOGOTA META QUINDIO SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA AMAZONAS Child abuse violates a child's rights, and places his or her life, development and physical and emotional well being at risk Because it is not reported, we don't know the real magnitude of this Photographies: UNICEF / Angélica Arbulú - William Torres - William Fernando Martínez. Source: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES. División de Referencia de Información Pericial Rates of forensic medical reporting of child abuse (per 1, inhabitants under 18)

7 Child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse PUTUMAYO VICHADA CAUCA NARIÑO BOLIVAR CHOCO MAGDALENA LA GUAJIRA ATLANTICO CORDOBA CAQUETA A very high percentage of all cases of sexual abuse are not reported, so we don't know the real magnitude of this phenomenon in our country. In 25, 13,848 reports of sexual abuse of children under 18 were reported. CESAR ARAUCA ANTIOQUIA NORTE DE Source: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES. División de Referencia de Información Pericial. SUCRE BOYACA VALLE TOTAL NACIONAL CALDAS RISARALDA HUILA TOLIMA GUAVIARE CUNDINAMARCA CASANARE AMAZONAS QUINDIO BOGOTA META SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA Rates of forensic medical reporting of children under 18 (per 1, inhabitants under 18)

8 Working children and adolescents 18. Rate of participation of under 18 in the working population Their proper place: at school Photo: UNICEF/ Luis Gabriel Mojíca TOTAL NACIONAL REGION ATL ÁNTICA REGIÓN PACÍFICA CENTRAL ORIENTAL BOGOTÁ Rate of participation of under-age workers, male and female Out of every 1 working children, approximately 6 are boys and 4 are girls. FEMALE 38% MALE 62% SOURCE: DANE. Cuadros encuestas ETI 21 y Módulo de trabajo infantil en ECH MALE FEMALE 27

9 Children and adolescents in conflict with the law Children and adolescents in conflict with the law covered by I.C.B.F. services TOTAL NACIONAL ANTIOQUIA AMAZONAS ARAUCA ATLANTICO BOGOTA BOLIVAR BOYACA CALDAS CAQUETA CASANARE CAUCA CESAR CHOCO CORDOBA CUNDINAMARCA LA GUAJIRA GUAINIA GUAVIARE HUILA MAGDALENA META NARIÑO NORTE DE PUTUMAYO QUINDIO RISARALDA SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA SUCRE TOLIMA VALLE VAUPES VICHADA 24 25,686 1, ,111 6, , , , ,892 1, , , , ,25 2, Photo: William Fernando Martinez A large percentage of children and adolescents in conflict with the law have endured critical family or social situations. They deserve a fair process. 28

10 Displaced children and adolescents NIÑOS NIÑAS NIÑOS NIÑAS TOTAL NACIONAL ANTIOQUIA AMAZONAS ARAUCA ATLANTICO BOGOTA BOLIVAR BOYACA CALDAS CAQUETA Displacement caused by violence uproots people, cuts short their dreams and life projects, weakens or destroys families, and leads to a deterioration of living conditions for children and adolescents. CASANARE CAUCA CESAR CHOCO CORDOBA CUNDINAMARCA LA GUAJIRA GUAINIA GUAVIARE HUILA MAGDALENA META NARIÑO NORTE DE PUTUMAYO QUINDIO RISARALDA S. ANDRES/ PROVIDENCIA SUCRE TOLIMA VALLE VAUPES Photographies: D.R.A. - William Fernando Martínez VICHADA SIN INFORMACION SOURCE: PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA. ACCION SOCIAL. REGISTRO UNICO POBLACIÓN DESPLAZADA. GERENCIA DE SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION POBLACIÓN 29

11 San Andrés y Providencia Vaupés Children and adolescents demobilized from armed groups Arauca Amazonas Guania La Guajira Quindío Atlántico Vichada Bolívar Córdoba Sucre Risaralda Choco Magdalena Caldas Norte de Santander Cesar While in 2 only 1 demobilized children and adolescents received state assistance in the entire country, in 22 this figure rose to 394; in 23 it increased to 775; and in 25 it fell to 526. It is necessary to end the recruitment and use of children and adolescents in the armed conflict. We need to work for their demobilization and disarmament, and foster their rehabilitation, recovery and reinsertion into society. Guaviare Nariño Huila Cundinamarca Putumayo Boyacá Cauca Caquetá Tolima Valle Photographies: Carolina García - D.R.A. Santander Casanare Meta Bogotá Antioquia Number of children demobilized from illegal armed groups attended in services coordinated by the ICBF, for the period The incorporation of children and adolescents into illegal armed groups violates the norms of International Humanitarian Law. 3

12 Victims of anti personnel mines Persons killed or seriously injured by anti personnel mine accidents between 199 and 25. TOTAL NACIONAL ANTIOQUIA Civiles Total % of the victims' accidents happened in 24 and 25. ARAUCA ATLANTICO 1 1 BOGOTA 8 14 BOLIVAR BOYACA 2 59 CALDAS CAQUETA CASANARE CAUCA CESAR CHOCO CORDOBA CUNDINAMARCA LA GUAJIRA GUAINIA GUAVIARE HUILA MAGDALENA META NARIÑO NORTE DE Photo: Vicepresidencia de la República de Colombia Of all civilian victims, 3% are children under 18. Between 199 and 25 (march1), 384 boys and 112 girls were victims. PUTUMAYO QUINDIO 7 19 RISARALDA SUCRE TOLIMA VALLE VAUPES VICHADA Source: Observatorio de minas antipersona del Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y Aplicación del Derecho 31

13 How can you participate in this initiative? By being an active part of local decisions on community action boards, local management bodies, school governments and departmental and municipal social Photo: William Torres By knowing Colombia's established rules for financing public services. By paying your taxes on time. Without taxes, there can be no services. Basic services to benefit the poorest population, everybody needs to As a professional in the communication media, by giving priority to child-related themes, not only to unacceptable situations, but especially by motivating public authorities to construct better conditions and quality of life for children and adolescents. Photographies: D.R.A. - Carolina García - Anne Karine Brodeur - Esther Narváez 32

14 FACTS AND RIGHTS COLOMBIA, A LAND OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS With the support of: